READ List of Famous Clerics

List of famous clerics, with photos, bios, and other information when available. Who are the top clerics in the world? This includes the most prominent clerics, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable clerics is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic clerics were born and what their nationality is. The people on this list are from different countries, but what they all have in common is that they're all renowned clerics.

List ranges from John Witherspoon to Akhmad Kadyrov, plus much more.

From reputable, prominent, and well known clerics to the lesser known clerics of today, these are some of the best professionals in the cleric field. If you want to answer the questions, "Who are the most famous clerics ever?" and "What are the names of famous clerics?" then you're in the right place. (184 items)

Guillaume de Machaut was a medieval French poet and composer. He is one of the earliest composers on whom significant biographical information is available. According to Daniel Leech-Wilkinson, ...more

Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duke of Richelieu and of Fronsac was a French clergyman, noble and statesman. He was consecrated as a bishop in 1607 and was appointed Foreign Secretary in 1616. ...more

Hassan Rouhani is the seventh President of Iran, in office since 2013. He is also a former lawmaker, academic and former diplomat. He has been a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts since 1999, ...more

Rainer Woelki

Rainer Maria Woelki is a German Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of Cologne since his installation on 20 September 2014 following his appointment by Pope Francis on 11 ...more

Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for his book of poems, Hesperides. This includes the carpe diem poem To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time, with ...more

Metropolitan Ilarion was a Ukrainian Orthodox cleric, linguist, church historian, and historian of Ukrainian culture. In 1940 he was Archimandrite of the St. Onuphrius Monastery in Jableczna; in ...more

Owen Robert Spencer-Thomas MBE is a television and radio news journalist, philanthropist and campaigner for autism and other disabilities. Spencer-Thomas is also an ordained Anglican clergyman. ...more

Henry Kingsley Archdall was an Australian academic and clergyman. After teaching at Cambridge University, in Australia and in New Zealand, he became Principal of St David's College, Lampeter and ...more